Pilot uninjured when crop-dusting helicopter makes hard landing near Lake Evergreen

Posted on November 27, 2017
Police car
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the crop duster’s hard landing.
(Photo courtesy Facebook/Illinois Department of Transportation)

By Greg Halbleib

EUREKA – Woodford County sheriff’s police say a pilot was not injured when his helicopter made a hard landing Sunday afternoon near Lake Evergreen.

According to Woodford County Chief Deputy Dennis Tipsword, the 33-year-old male pilot was the only person onboard and he refused treatment. The 2008 Robinson helicopter was crop dusting when it made the hard landing at about 2:40 Sunday afternoon.

The reason for the unplanned landing has not been determined. The sheriff’s department said the Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.

Greg Halbleib can be reached at [email protected].

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